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Roland DG has gained Ecologo certification for the TA resin ink used in its TrueVis AP-640 wide-format inkjet printer.

Fespa UK has issued the dates of its Sustainable Waste Academy course dates for 2024. They will take place at one of two venues - 1 Burleigh Court, Barnsley, South Yorkshire or  Holmbury House, The Dorking Business Park, Station Rd, Dorking. The dates are as follows:

FaberExposize UK has produced a number of festive backlit display lightboxes for its site in Leeds to wish staff and visitors a happy Christmas.

Agfa has shown-off its new SpeedSet 1060 sheet-fed inkjet printer which it is currently fine-tuning in collaboration with several early adopters in the packaging market. 

Roland DG is reporting a significant uptick in red and orange ink sales following its ‘50 Shades of Red’ marketing campaign to showcase its TrueVis technology.

Entry is now open for the Creative Retail Awards, which are making a comeback in 2024 with updated categories including Festive Display, Window Scheme, In-Store Scheme and Creative Collaboration.

Enfocus has made its head of customer success, Tim Bernaerdt, a director of the company. His replacement is yet to be appointed. 

Hybrid Services will show three new Mimaki printers at Sign and Digital UK ( 25-27 February, NEC). The newcomers are a pair of LED UV printers and the company’s fastest direct-to-film model.

Fespa UK is to run a series of business surgeries in 2024 in various locations throughout the UK. The first will be held at Papergraphics in Crawley on 8 February, followed by another at RA Smart in Macclesfield on 17 April.

Embrace Building Wraps has played a key part in revitalising Merry Hill Shopping Centre near Birmingham, the exterior of which has undergone major works with new-look long-term cladding covering most of the building façade. Embrace has wrapped the complex shaped rear elevation in bright graphics for real estate giant Savills, working closely with the creative partner Portman Design.

GMG is switching to online licensing with the release of ColorServer 5.5, OpenColor 3.1 and ColorProof 5.15.

UPM has been listed as the only forest and paper industry company in the Dow Jones Global and European Sustainability Indices (DJSI) for the years 2023-2024. The indices cover environmental, social and governance aspects of responsibility.

Endutex has acquired digital print media supplier Ultraflex Europe and rebranded it Endutex UK. The buyout will give the expanding Portugal-headquartered coated textile group a new distribution base in the UK.

With the release of software version 23.3, OneVision has added new connectors for integration with ColorGate Productionserver and to Horizon StitchLiner.